Letters to the editor

Tuesday

Sep 25, 2007 at 11:30 PM

Bank robber to blame for his own injuries

In response to the recent editorial regarding the severity of the injuries that were sustained by Mr. Don Lowery while robbing a bank, I have to wonder if the same questions would have been asked if the outcome were deadly for Mr. Lowery.

Would it have been justifiable force if a witness drew a weapon and killed the criminal? Would his instant death have quelled the questions of a bystander being too brutal?

The quick thinking and actions of the witness in no way qualifies him as being too brutal, as Mr. Lowery willingly risked his own life with the attempt of committing armed robbery.

Should we question the motivations that may have driven the witness into "pummeling" a criminal? Perhaps it was the gripping fear for his life and the other victims. And on a final note, let's not forget that while the average citizen may know the boundaries between justifiable force and brutality, the witness did not have the ample opportunities to practice and train for this under highly stressful situations such as our professionally trained police.

CHRISTINE ANDERSON

Ellabell

University gives dictator a forum

Lawrence Summers, a distinguished member of President Clinton's cabinet, a former president of Harvard and a loyal democrat was extended an invitation to speak at a university in California.

He had been fired from Harvard, because he had the temerity to suggest that male students had a more natural bent towards math and science than their female counterparts.

Of course, this bent the feminist activists out of shape.

They protested to the extent that his invitation to speak was withdrawn.

Now we come to Columbia University where they proclaim to present all sides of conflicting issues. Wanna bet?

They invite this little thug from Iran to speak at their institution. He happens to be in the U.S. to address the United Nations.

Now there's a surprise!

This human detritus Ahmadinajad who shouts, "death to America, wipe Israel off the face of the earth, and the Holocaust never happened," is given a forum to spout his filth.

What with left-wing professors and administrators controlling our most prestigious institutions of higher learning, is it any wonder?

WALTER LOWE

Savannah

Savannah spending priorities out of whack

I see that they are ready to spent $2 million for roof repairs on City Hall.

Our police force is under-staffed, needs officers and they opt to spend money on something else? Seems to me we need cops first and building repairs second. If you can figure it out let me know.

HAROLD GERBER

Thunderbolt

First-rate destinations are multi-lingual

If Liz Bartlett ever got out of Richmond Hill, she would know that every popular tourist destination in the world has signs, menus, maps, and tourist information in English as well as the local language.

However, the further one gets from the big cities, the hot beaches, the fancy shopping districts, the less likely one is to find English signs or speakers.

Thank goodness for the kind cafe owner who lets me go into the kitchen to pick out my dinner, when I can't make sheepsheads or pigtails of the menu. I couldn't possibly learn the languages of all the countries I have visited, or want to visit. I try to learn "please" and "thank you," but that's about it for my Turkish or Greek or Arabic.

So if Tybee Island doesn't want to put up signs in Spanish (if indeed Spanish is the most requested second language), then it announces itself to be a secondary destination, a backwater, so to speak.

And being such, the police and the lifeguards must be prepared to help tourists who don't speak or read English, just as the cafe owner or lifeguard in Greece or Turkey helps the hapless American tourist.

It would probably be easier to put up a few signs in Spanish, and cheaper.

P. S. Diseases that were once under control and are now re-emerging are doing so because American parents are not having their American children immunized, not because their American children are coming in contact with illegal children.

NANCY S. CUNNINGHAM

Savannah

Davis case should be thrown out

It is shocking to realize that Troy Davis may be executed by the state of Georgia despite the fact that 1) there is not one shred of physical evidence linking him to the crime; 2) he was never seen with a gun; and 3) seven of nine witnesses have recanted. One of the two who didn't recant is a suspect whom nine other witnesses have identified as the murderer.

Surely the people of Georgia won't allow their state to kill Troy. Surely the people will respond to Troy's cries for justice. Surely they will take a stand on behalf of Troy Davis, an innocent man on death row.

TONYA SNEED

Anti-death penalty advocate

Peoria, IL

Resolution sends dangerous signal

Readers respond to a proposed "Sense of Senate" resolution sponsored by Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., which would state it is the policy of the U.S. to "combat, contain and roll back" Iran and its surrogates in Iraq:

By adding this radically militarist amendment to the defense budget, Senators Lieberman and Kyl are trying to engage the U.S. in "Debacle Part 2 - Iran." This irresponsible action threatens passage of the defense bill, thereby threatening our ability to financially support the brave men and women currently trapped in carrying out "Debacle Part 1 - Iraq." This amendment needs to be defeated so that the defense budget can move forward.

VICKI WEEKS

Savannah

This is extremely scary. This is not an appropriate action! We do not need to attack another country in the so-called "War on Terror." Increase border security in Iraq perhaps, but do not declare war on Iran!

ED BURGESS

Savannah

Anything that has to be sneaked in, should not be. If this is something the senator feels must be hidden inside an amendment in this manner, then it is obvious the senator was hoping we, the people, would not notice.

CHRISTIAN YOUNG

Pooler

The U.S. is pushing for a war against Iran, when there is clearly no aggression from Iran. We do not need war, we need peace, especially in the Middle East, when Iraq is threatening to unravel it all.

JEREMY FOUST

Tybee Island

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